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Despite objections from Bloomberg, the Democrats’ leader in the State Senate, John Sampson, sides with Cuomo:

“We need a fair and objective evaluation system that takes into account the needs of children, parents, and educators. Governor Cuomo’s legislation on teacher seniority meets that goal, and is consistent with the development of evaluation standards required by the Race to the Top legislation we passed last year. It also has the support of the state Education Commissioner.

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